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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Last night I hosted a Foodbuzz 24x24 dinner. Each month Foodbuzz holds a contest for its Featured Publishers called 24x24 in which 24 special meals take place within the same 24 hours. In order to enter the contest a Featured Publisher needs to create a proposal for a meal that will be made and enjoyed on a specific day of the month. The winners are given $250 to make the proposal come to life. I was lucky enough to be chosen for my proposal "5 Tastes in 5 Courses." I was also selected a couple years ago for my dinner "A Little Feast on the Prairies."

5 Tastes in 5 Courses

My vision for this dinner was to create five courses, each celebrating one of the five basic tastes of sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami. Four of our close friends joined us for this fun foodie evening.

Salty

We began with a selection of salty munchies including caviar, rice crackers with sea vegetables, sea weed, veggie straws, soft cheese and pretzels stuffed with peanut butter.

We enjoyed the appetizers with red wine.

I was a paparazzo while my friends nibbled and sipped.

Bitter

Kale salad with lemon tahini dressing and walnuts. This course was enjoyed with beer.

Sour

Ciorba (Romanian sour soup) with sour dough bread and whipped butter.

Umami

Ultimate umami burger and french fries with truffle salt and homemade curry ketchup.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

My eats today have been deeeeeelish! Breakfast was a toasted tomato sandwich, which is one of my all-time faves.

I am loving the new organic, sprouted grain bread that Costco carries. It is vegan, and free of GMOs and preservatives. It also has six grams of protein per slice. It is not as soft as some breads, but it is nutty and satisfying.

Believe it or not we fired up the BBQ this evening! It has warmed up (still below zero though) and we took advantage of the sun. We had burgers with salad. I have recently discovered that salad is soooo muchbetter with onions.

Exciting news! Each month Foodbuzz holds a contest for its featured publishers called 24x24. In order to enter the contest a Featured Publisher needs to create a proposal for a unique meal that they will create, capture and post about. The winners are given $250 to help make the proposal happen.I recently found out that my proposal was selected, and I will be participating in this on Saturday!

Stay tuned to see what my proposal was and how the dinner goes!I was chosen for this once before for my dinner idea - "A Little Feast on the Prairies" which you can check out here.